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South Florida artists experimenting with new technologies have a new resource: Oolite Arts recently named its first Digital Arts Fellow, Kelani Nichole, who will oversee Oolite Arts’ new Media Art Lab and offer bi-monthly office hours where visual artists can ask technical questions and experiment with new tools.
The Oolite Arts Digital Arts Fellowship is a one-year position supported in part by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation as part of a larger grant to enhance the way Oolite artists use technology in their practice.
“As an organization that offers holistic programming to visual artists, technology is an essential part of the equation,” said Dennis Scholl, president and CEO of Oolite Arts, an artist service organization that provides visual artists with free studios through its residency programs, in additional to financial support and professional development training.
“With her deep background in both technology and the arts, Kelani can be a source of inspiration and knowledge for artists exploring the use of tech in their practice.”
Nichole also will consult with Oolite Arts on how technology can be integrated into the organization’s new campus, which will be built at 75 NW 72nd St., Little River, to expand the organization’s programming as the visual arts community continues to grow.
“My biggest hope is that we can be a spark for opening up the artistic community to collaborate and connect with Miami’s growing innovation economy. I’d love to see an ethos grow here in South Florida of industry supporting culture,” Nichole said.
Named to ArtNews’ Innovator list and as one of Apollo Magazine’s “40 Under 40 Art & Tech Business leaders,” Nichole brings 10 years of hands-on experience working with artists as they explore new mediums. She is the founder of the experimental media art gallery Transfer, which has offered a platform for artists working in a range of technologies including virtual and augmented reality, video games and GIFs.
Nichole, who has worked extensively in the tech sector, also has been exploring the role of decentralized networks and virtual worlds in contemporary art for a decade. As part of her fellowship, Nichole will work to prototype the Transfer Archive, where artists can collaboratively conserve digital art on the blockchain.
The first salon, “Recursive Value,” will include a demonstration by artist Leo Casteñada, who will live play his “Levels and Bosses” video game, which creates a transmedia world that dissolves the boundaries between the analog and the digital. In addition, the salon will feature Moises Sanabria’s project A124, which is a 24/7 streaming network of AI-generated programming, and the work of artists Fabiola Larios and Cynthia Cruz.
To learn more and RSVP, visit oolitearts.org/digital-arts-fellowship/.
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